National Regional Profile: Gr. Dandenong (C) - Dandenong (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 205752671   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
2 958
2 755
2 751
2 177
2 121
Unemployment rate%
10.2
9.8
10.3
7.8
7.8
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
4 907
5 068
5 429
5 398
-
Taxable individualsno.
22 029
21 993
21 739
22 016
-
Taxable income$m
704.2
732.0
757.2
786.8
-
Average taxable income$
31 965
33 284
34 831
35 738
-
Net tax$m
145.9
155.0
160.7
166.1
-
Average net tax$
6 624
7 049
7 393
7 546
-
Average net tax ratio%
20.7
21.2
21.2
21.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
20 941
20 782
20 578
20 912
-
Wage and salary income $m
637.2
658.0
678.0
708.1
-
Total income $m
663.3
685.6
704.0
734.8
-
Average wage and salary income$
30 429
31 660
32 945
33 860
-
Average total income$
31 676
32 991
34 211
35 138
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
57.8
58.0
58.2
58.0
-
Females%
42.2
42.0
41.8
42.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
20.8
20.1
20.0
20.0
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
25.4
25.3
25.4
25.7
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
22.6
22.5
22.1
21.4
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
20.9
20.9
20.7
20.3
-
Aged 55 years and over%
10.2
11.2
11.8
12.6
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
5.5
5.3
5.2
-
Professionals%
-
9.5
9.9
10.3
-
Associate Professionals%
-
4.4
4.5
4.7
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
11.7
11.8
11.5
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.8
1.8
1.6
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
14.3
14.5
13.9
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
12.6
13.1
12.7
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
9.3
9.3
9.4
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
21.1
19.9
21.0
-
Not Stated%
-
9.7
9.9
9.8
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
1 948
1 949
1 859
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
38.3
40.8
41.6
-
-
Total income$m
42.2
44.8
44.6
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
19 659
20 937
22 392
-
-
Average total income$
21 640
23 011
23 997
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
3 576
3 456
3 228
3 285
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
1 056
1 242
1 407
1 494
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
1 152
1 269
1 347
1 344
Total businessesno.
-
5 784
5 967
5 982
6 123
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
768
651
660
Employing businessesno.
-
-
330
285
300
Total business entriesno.
-
-
1 098
936
960
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
876
891
591
Employing businessesno.
-
-
48
75
198
Total business exitsno.
-
-
924
966
789
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year